Tag: Seed

Spring Seed Planting Time

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Hey Preppers spring seed planting time is here. Winter is waning and it is now time to plant your spring vegetable garden. Our customers who have bought the Essential Seed Kit know that they have plenty of seeds to use now for your garden and many more to save for your survival seed vault in …

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Saving Seeds

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Saving seeds from your garden is a great way to insure that you have a great supply of seeds for next year. But… how do you do it? Note- It is very important that the vegetables be mature before you harvest them for seeds. I know the 2 foot zucchini tastes bland, but you can’t …

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Paper Pot Maker

If you like to start your garden from seeds, you need growing containers. The problem is that most of these little pots are made of plastic… and they need to be purchased. Sure, you can use old yogurt containers, but then in the end you have a stack of dirty yogurt containers. The Paper Pot Maker will recycle …

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Seed Swap

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Book Review- Seed Swap: The Gardener’s Guide to Saving and Swapping Seeds by Josie Jeffrey “Seed Swap: The Gardener’s Guide to Saving and Swapping Seeds” is a pretty little book feels good in your hands… I realize that is a strange thing to say about a book, but the truth is the layout, the illustrations and the …

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